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PUBLIC LAW 93-113-OCT. 1, 1973

[87 STAT.

account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) i n advance or by way of reimbursement, in such installments and on such conditions, as the Director may determine. M I N O R I T Y GROUP PARTICIPATION

SEC. 223. The Director shall take appropriate steps to insure that special efforts are made to recruit, select, and assign qualified individuals sixty years and older from minority groups to serve as volunteers under this title. TITLE III — N A T I O N A L V O L U N T E E E P R O G R A M S TO A S S I S T SMALL B U S I N E S S E S A N D P R O M O T E VOLUNTEER SERVICE BY PERSONS W I T H BUSINESS EXPERIENCE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

86 Stat. 697. 42 USC 2981. 72 Stat. 384. 15 USC 631 note.

SEC. 301. This title provides for programs in which persons with business experience volunteer to assist persons, especially those who are economically disadvantaged, engaged in, or who seek to engage in, small business enterprises, and to make available their expertise as volunteers in programs authorized by, or of a character eligible for assistance under, this Act, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. chap. 34) (particularly title VII thereof), or the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. chap. 14A). The purpose of this title is to utilize the skills and expertise of persons with business experience to assist persons in, or seeking to enter, business enterprises, or to carry out management and financial counseling activities m furtherance of the purposes of this Act. AUTHORITY TO E S T A B L I S H, COORDINATE, A N D OPERATE PROGRAMS

Service Corps of g^c. 302. (a) The Dlrector is authorized to establish and conduct, tives^seo^RE)^ Ac- ^^d to rccruit, select, and train volunteers for (and to make grants or tive Corps of Ex- eutcr iuto contracts therefor), volunteer programs, including a Service ecutive^ (ACE). Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and an Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and programs in which SCORE and A C E volunteers expand the application of their expertise beyond Small Business Administration clients, to carry out the purpose of this title: Provided, however, That the services of volunteers who are assisting persons or enterprises seeking to obtain, or receiving, financial or management counseling assistance from the Small Business Administration shall be performed under the direction of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (hereinafter referred to in this title as the "Administrator") pursuant to section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business 72 Stat. 389; Act (15 U.S.C. 6 3 7 (b)(1)). 80 Stat. 1295. (b) The assignment of volunteers engaged in programs under this Assignment, terms and condititle shall be on such terms and conditions as the Director may detertions. mine, except that he shall prescribe such terms and conditions in agreement with the Administrator with respect to the service of volunteers described in the proviso in subsection (a) of this section. (c)(1) Such volunteers, while carrying out activities under this title and section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637 (b)(1)), shall be deemed Federal employees for the purpose of the 28 USC 2671. Federal tort claims provisions in title 28, United States Code. E x p e n s e s, reim(2) The Director is authorized to reimburse such volunteers only bursement. for such necessary out-of-pocket expenses incident to their provision of services under this Act as he shall determine, in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe, and, while they are carrying out

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